Grateful Dead Live at Shea's Theatre on 1979-01-20
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- Publication date
- 1979-01-20 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Audience, Jerry Moore, Charlie Miller, Jay Ashley, Bertha
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
- Item Size
- 1.2G
Two I Need A Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin' ; Loser ; Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Space > The Other One > Dark Star > Not Fade Away > Sugar Magnolia
Encore One More Saturday Night
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Versions - Different performances of the song by the same artist
Compilations - Other albums which feature this performance of the song
Covers - Performances of a song with the same name by different artists
Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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The Promised Land | |||
Sugaree | |||
El Paso | |||
Peggy-O | |||
It's All Over Now | |||
Jack-A-Roe | |||
New Minglewood Blues | |||
Stagger Lee | |||
Jack Straw | |||
tuning | |||
I Need a Miracle | |||
Bertha | |||
Good Lovin' | |||
Loser | |||
Estimated Prophet | |||
The Other One | |||
Drums | |||
Space | |||
Jam Out Of Space | |||
The Other One | |||
Dark Star | |||
Not Fade Away | |||
Sugar Magnolia | |||
Tuning | |||
One More Saturday Night |
Notes
Notes:
-- Recorded By Jerry Moore
-- Whole show without Donna
-- This is a remaster is shnid=86374
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Digitally Remastered using the Bertha Digital Audio Workstation and its proprietary Audio and Restoration processes. Completed 7/3/2009 by jashley@deadacated.com.
I will only work on the very best Audience recordings due to the difficult nature of the beast. In Jerry Moore's memory I spent even more time than ususal to make this one special and I think Bertha's audio and restoration processes have brought out every bit of the beauty of this recording.
Rest well Brother.
jay ashley
- Addeddate
- 2009-07-13 18:26:03
- Identifier
- gd1979-01-20.nak700.moore.bertha.100025.flac16
- Lineage
- Flac -> Adobe Audition > Samplitude Professional > FLAC > DAW(Bertha) > FLAC
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Run time
- 164:12
- Taped by
- Jerry Moore
- Transferred by
- Charlie Miller and Jay Ashley
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- Shea's Theatre
- Year
- 1979
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Reviews
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Subject: a gem I didn't know about all these years
Subject: A Tale Of Two Very Different Sets
With that caveat, lets get to the start of the show...which is very strange. ... First off, I was surprised that none of the remastering and transferring folks caught Jerry Moore’s volume adjustment in the first five seconds of Bobby singing Promised Land? I had to seriously dial it down almost 50% in Graphic Fade to equal the rest of the tune. But even before Bobby started singing, Jerry’s intro was very strange being off tempo, extremely short, and unremarkable - as though he had never played the song before? But the question was answered after the song was over with Bobby apologizing to the crowd for the band being late. Ah ha (an hour late I just read in another review). BTW, I could barely hear that comment during the crowd's cheering. But luckily, I was trained to hear the dinner bell from a half mile away. ;^ )
Well, to be blunt, Promised Land is a mess with absolutely no mojo from Bob or Jer. But I won’t hold it against them for it being discombobulated and forgettable. Shit happens. Unfortunately, their rush to get onto the stage and the mental mayhem and poor karma that surrounded the group migrated though the rest of the set. The best two words to describe it are uptight and unfocused. It also didn’t help that both Jerry’s and Bob’s vocals can only be categorized as weak. And indeed, it confirms why I tossed the set forty-two years ago and only kept the second about a year after they breezed through.
This really is a tale of two different sets, because I am absolutely certain the Boyz all looked at each other sheepishly during intermission, knowing they'd laid an egg (Love that mix of metaphors.). And I’ll bet they didn’t say a word, or didn’t have to say much, vowing to change things. And boy did they ever!
The second set is much, much better with the band being a little more relaxed and focused. As can be readily seen, it’s an up-tempo, dynamite setlist with the band doing a good job of salvaging what otherwise could have been a complete disaster of a show. Mind you, the second set is not a 180 degree - "X" Factor - blowout. It's more like, I would guestimate, a 145 degree turnaround.
Since I hadn't heard the set in years, I decided to listen to it a second and third time from it popping up in my iPod's Shuffle on the road where I was just mindlessly grooving. As a concentrated study and with an honest assessment, I consider it a competent, well played performance with the Boyz regaining some of that magical ju-ju we all know and love. The Dark Star is only one of two for the year and is short and punchy. Probably my favorite moment is the energetic transition to NFA. And it's the only DS > NFA ever done!
This is pure speculation, but I'm going to go out on a limb to say we wouldn't have had this great evening's second half if events hadn't gone the way they did. Nothing happens in a vacuum (at least on earth, anyway). And the fact the Boyz were very late, and the first set wasn't up to their expectations, we are now the lucky recipients of a wonderful hour and a half of music. We might not have even gotten a Dark Star out of it since it was such a rare animal after '74 (There were only six Dark Stars played between '75 and '89.)? In any case, you’re missing something special if you don’t have this second set in your collection. It's a thoroughly enjoyable listen and every bit of what it looks like on paper.
And yes, I agree with everybody else. Jerry Moore's recording is a beautiful one. Ahhh, the days of no official Taper's Section.
Subject: Very Nifty Show
Subject: I wish...
Subject: Down-loadable Gold!!!
Subject: smokin 79 show
Subject: Peggyo
Subject: Tough show to rate
Aside from that, the psychedelic-era run of Other One > Dark Star is pretty cool and worth a listen.
Subject: Salo 13
Subject: curiosity
Kudos to the taper who made such a nice recording with just a stereo pair and analog tape; some of the comments seem to suggest he is/was a well-respected recordist.
I am not a Deadhead by any stretch but I do listen to them occasionally and am familiar with their styles and periods. This performance seems very "mellow" in comparison to a standard performance by this band, and my conservatory-trained ears tell me that the band is a bit "off" at times; it doesn't seem to me that there are any keyboards present in the mix. I have wondered if the Godchauxs were both present here; is it possible this concert was performed as a quintet with no keyboards, or is Mr. Godchaux just wiped out of the mix because he wasn't playing much by this point? Enlighten me please.
Sometimes I hear something that sounds like a keyboard but there are no solos per se.
The nicest part to me is the noodling jam after the drum solos, in the key of C with the marimba-type percussion. Garcia plays some very nice lines; his time is excellent, and he's very in control of his chromaticism and targeting notes; he alters the tonality nicely to take it back to E-minor for Lesh to play his signature lick on "The Other One".
The band is maybe a little too laid back for their own good on this night, and I don't think this is one for the ages, but it certainly has its good moments. They sound like a band having some personal troubles and are in transition, though not necessarily just going through the motions for the money.
Subject: Masterpiece
Every nuance is apparent in this rare gem.
I've spend hours searching out auds like this one - and now it's time to settle ... back and soak it all in. Thank You.
Subject: In Praise of the Combined Efforts
... />1979 was a challenge for we who are Phil Phreaks for in many of that year's SBD's his bass sound is farty. Not so in this masterpiece of an AUD. The bass in full force plows fertile bottomland -- kudos to Mr Ashley for bringing it to the forefront.
Perhaps the performance isn't the best ever but Jerry Moore's recording and Jay's Re-do of Charlie's Remaster makes this a soothing fire on a fiercely cold evening in Buffalo, NY.
Buffalo may be a harsh winter place but the people there rock -- no doubt about it.
There is no Donna on this recording and though I loved her dearly, she is not missed on this particular night. This was just prior to her and Keith leaving the band.
Subject: Holy Smokes What A Recording!
and the taper for a combined superlative effort!
Subject: My source
Subject: Very Nice Recording
Subject: Amazing AUD
Very sweet show and crystal clear sound. Jerry's guitar ... & voice come thru so sweetly. Give this a listen. You won't be dissapointed.
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